11 Most Ridiculous Excuses For Losing Football Matches

9. Noisy Frogs

The world's biggest footballing stage seems to be the best for silly excuses/conspiracy theories, as the Ukrainian national team proved in 2006 after seeing themselves humiliated in their opening group match against the emerging brilliant Spain team. Having seen 4 goals conceded without answer, the players decided it best to give some account of themselves, so sent out defender Vladislav Vashchuk to offer his thoughts on why the team lost. Naturally, he blamed frogs. Not his misfiring striking team-mates, or his fellow defenders' inability to stop the ball, no... Frogs:

"Because of the frogs' croaking we hardly got a wink of sleep. We all agreed that we would take some sticks and go and hunt them."

It's one thing enduring some noisiness in the middle of the night, but it's usually possible to get used to ambient noise without mounting a full-scale hunting expedition on the eve of the most important football match you've played in four years.